View source for PLS

'''.pls''' files are a type of [[playlist]]. This playlist is a text document with the following format:
 <span style="color:#A00"><B>[playlist]</B></span>
 <span style="color:#A00"><B>NumberOfEntries=</B></span>4
 <span style="color:#A00"><B>File1=</B></span>/fs/My Music/Eloy/02 Journey into 1358.mp3
 <span style="color:#A00"><B>File2=</B></span><nowiki>http://some.website.com/music.mp3</nowiki>
 <span style="color:#a00"><B>File3=</B></span>//NETWORKCOMPUTER/Videoclips/A12345.mp4
 <span style="color:#080"><B>Title3=</B></span>A Short Videoclip
 <span style="color:#A00"><B>File4=</B></span>''any url to file''

The [[VLC media player]] requires the parameter in dark red. The parameter "Title(n)" is optional, but if presented with it, VLC will display the title in its [[Titlebar]], and in case of video material the title will be briefly displayed on the screen at the beginning. The tile may not be displayed if a non-Latin [[character set]] is used, e.g., containing diacritical marks like ñ, é, ö, etc. If such characters are required the file should be saved in [[UTF-8]] format (quality text editors generally offer this option)

===Troubleshooting ===
If an existing playlist does not work, check that it has the "NumberOfEntries" parameter at the beginning (some media players do not require it). Also make sure that the file is saved as an [[ANSI]]-text file and that the last line is finished off with a line break.

[[Category:File and protocol types]]
[[Category:Playlist]]